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ADS505 - Los Alamitos Bay Bayshore and Division

8 February, 2019

Team Leader
Ashley Arnold
Number of Participants
3
Total Debris Collected
60 lbs (estimated)

33.756177606883, -118.13096955914

Survey Information

Location Name
ADS505 - Los Alamitos Bay Bayshore and Division
Organization/Dive Centre
Jade Scuba Adventures
City
Long Beach
Country
United States
Date
8 February, 2019
Survey Duration
34 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 33.756177606883
Longitude: -118.13096955914
Weather Conditions
Rainy
Survey Depth Range
4–12 feet
Area Surveyed
2848.18 ft2
Dominant Substrate
silt
Ecosystem
other
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 7
Bags: Trash (plastic) 12
Balloons 1
Caps & Lids (plastic) 2
Cigar Tips 1
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) 10
Food Wrappers (plastic) 36
Gloves (latex) 1
Pipes (plastic-PVC) 1
Straws, Stirrers 15
Tobacco Packaging & Wrappers 2
Plastic Fragments 12
metal materials collected
Beverage Cans (aluminium) 1
Wrappers (foil/metal) 33
Metal Fragments 3
rubber materials collected
Gloves (rubber) 1
Rubber Fragments 1
cloth materials collected
Rope And String (cloth) 2
Towels/rags 1
paper materials collected
Cardboard: Packaging & Cartons 10
Paper, Cardboard Fragments 1
mixed materials collected
Clothing 2
other materials collected
Electric scooter 1

Rains!

Electric scooter, homemade anchor

Straws

Single use plastics

Food wrappers


Luckily, the scooter was a new underwater delivery, so it had not began leaking battery acid as far as we can tell.

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